Behind-The-Scenes Video Shows Exactly How MrBeast Made Squid Game
If you haven't heard already, Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson blew our minds with his recreation of Squid Game, the South Korean Netflix show which had the world hooked. Like us, you're probably thinking "how the red light did they do that?". Well, hold on to your umbrellas because there is a behind-the-scenes video which reveals all.
The whole recreation cost a reported $3.5 million. Yet, it was certainly worth it, given how the video has accumulated over 131 million views in just six days, as of writing. However, MrBeast isn't the only one whose jumped on the Squid Game hype. There was, of course, the TikTok star who managed to recreate their own version of Red Light, Green Light. Not to mention there was the Reddit user who gave us the gory mash-up we never knew needed to see- Squid Game and Mario.
The mind-bending sets and designs of the games featured in Squid Games seemed near-impossible to replicate in real-life, right? Wrong. Fans were blown away to see the identical replicas of Squid Games's iconic sets from games such as Red Light, Green Light and Honeycomb, recreated in MrBeast's video. Want to know how they did it? Thanks to a behind-the-scenes video, we know just exactly how it all came to be, and it is incredible.
Who Helped Create MrBeast's Squid Game?
In the lead-up to the video's release, MrBeast shared some photos of him working on the set to keep fans hyped. However, MrBeast may have been the frontman behind the concept, but the video could not have been possible without the work of SoKrispyMedia, a visual effects company based in Greenville, South Carolina. Thanks to a behind-the-scenes video from the techy crew, we know all about the hard work that was required from the team to bring DrBeast's Squid Game to life. Only without the bloody slaughter of its contestants.
If you're not familiar with the special effects company, here's a little bit of information shared in the video. According to the company's Creative Director, Sam Wickert, the company works in creating cinematic pre-visualisations in which scenes from films are created in animations before they are filmed. This helps filmmakers to have a glimpse as to how exactly the scene will look and whether there are any technicalities to consider and adapt to before filming begins.
How Was MrBeast's Squid Game Made?
According to Wickert, SoKrispyMedia had 10 days to edit 350 shots. Apparently, that's the same amount used in The Matrix. So, as you can imagine, there was a lot of work to do. In the video, Wickert claimed that much of what's seen in the Squid Game video is practical in order to prompt a natural reaction from the participants in the game. However, some sets, for example the Tug-Of-War platform, are just near impossible to completely recreate practically and would have been a health and safety nightmare. To solve this problem, SoKrispyMedia used VFX to the shot to make the clip look more authentic to the viewer.
Wickert claimed that the team used Unreal Engine to virtually recreate every scene required in the video. This helped the set designers to work out certain technicalities that would need to be considered before filming. For example, how the 456 participants would look in the Red Light, Green Light set or how big the platform for the Tug-Of-War sequence would need to be to fit a 10-person team. Wickert also explained that because Unreal Engine is used to create Fortnite, SoKrispyMedia was able to even make a short video game based on the glass bridge scene.
It's no surprise that a great deal of graft (and money) went into creating MrBeasts Squid Game and, clearly the hard work paid off. Now, all we need is our copy of the Squid Game video game, and we'll be happy.
